Lenny Wells conducts a pecan pruning clinic in Wilcox County on Jan. 31. Pruning young pecan trees is a necessity and, if done properly, can save farmers the hassle of pruning older, much larger trees ...

One of the things that I comment on fairly frequently is the eternal desire of people, such as myself, to examine a tree and say definitively whether or not it is structurally stable. Interestingly, ...

Dear Neil: Our young pecan trees have very heavy crops. The trees' limbs are breaking, probably from the weight of the nuts. What can we do? Obviously, we want the pecans, but the trees will be ruined ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (NMDA RELEASE) — As part of an ongoing commitment to prevent the spread of pecan weevil, New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) officials ask pecan growers and consumers to be ...

Q: When do I feed a 50-year-old pecan tree growing in our front yard, and with what? A: Pecan trees do well in our climate. But they are such a large tree and require so much water that you really ...

Late winter is an ideal time for pruning many trees, and fruit trees are no exception. Regularly trimming away damaged and unsightly branches is key to maintaining a healthy tree with an aesthetically ...

A. Large pecan trees usually do not need major pruning. You can prune most anytime it becomes necessary, but the usual time to remove dead wood or low-hanging branches is late winter. Kathy Huber has ...

A: Figs require little or no pruning except to decrease the size of the tree, to thin or to remove damaged branches during dormancy. Thin to stimulate new growth on older, less-vigorous trees and to ...

Q: Last night I weeded my flowerbeds and pulled a lot of St. Augustine runners up. Can I plant those? I have them in a pan of water. I’ll probably have more as I do more weeding. I have bare areas I’d ...